Adolph John Paschang

Adolph John Paschang, MM (Chinese: 柏增主教, 16 April 1895 – 3 February 1968) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jiangmen from 1946 until his death in 1968.

He joined the newly founded Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, commonly known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and was ordained a priest on 21 May 1921.

The real purpose for his move was to leapfrog over into the unoccupied areas of his Diocese of Jiangmen in order to visit the priests and sisters.

Joe Sweeney from the Gate of Heaven Leprosarium in Ngaimen arrived, and recounted the adventurous journey he had just made: the motor launch carrying "Fr Big Joe" and other passengers had been attacked by a Japanese patrol boat towards evening, but they escaped capture as darkness descended and allowed them to slip unsighted past the patrol boat.

William Downs in his Maryknoll Hong Kong Chronicle recorded on 9 June 1952, "Bishop Paschang, after (being) very badly treated ... was finally expelled from China".

They marched Bishop Paschang "from his mission at Pakkai" (now called Beijie, where the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, i.e. cathedral of the Diocese of Jiangmen, was located), "placed him on a junk and sailed off – he did not know his destination and the thought of Father Sandy Cairns' unhappy ending at the hands of the Japanese must have crossed his mind".

[19] In the late 1990s, the Hong Kong SAR Government planned to re-develop the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, where Bishop Paschang Memorial School was situated.

Monument commemorating consecration of Bishop Adolph John Paschang located in the Chapel of Maryknoll Stanley House in Hong Kong
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Jiangmen where Bishop Adolph J. Paschang used to serve. Photo taken on 19 March 2011
Sign at entrance to Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, No.16 Hai Bang Road, Jiangmen. Photo taken on 19 March 2011
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Jiangmen (previously known as Kongmoon) (江門). Photo taken on 19 March 2011
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Jiangmen where Bishop A.J. Paschang once served as Bishop. Photo taken on 19 March 2011
Photo of staff and alumni of Bishop Paschang Catholic School taken in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Jiangmen where Bishop A.J. Paschang once served as Bishop. Photo taken on 19 March 2011
Resting place of Bishop Paschang, photo taken on 8 August 2011
Bishop Paschang Catholic School in Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong